UNIT 101:

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short-answer questions
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• use skimming and scanning to locate the
answerquickly
answer quickly
•understand
understandandandproduce
produceparaphrasing
paraphrasing
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• use the present continuous and
and
present simple correctly.
present simple correctly.

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garage
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stone glamorous
glamorous
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leather mountains
mountains mansion
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marble modern
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simple
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UNIT 01 / READING
o3 For each activity, decide whether you would use skimming or scanning.
For each activity, decide whether you would use skimming or scanning.
TIP 03
l looking up a word in the dictionary s;:canning
I looking up a word the dictionary scanning Try to practise these or similar
2 browsing the internet for the latest news stories
in
Try to practise these or similar
2 browsing the internet for the latest news stories activities as much as possible.
3 choosing a book from a library or bookshop activities as much as possible.
The more you practise, the
3 choosing a book from a library or bookshop The more you practise, the
4 finding a particular news story in a newspaper better you will become at
better you will become at
4 finding a particular news story in a newspaper
5 finding the price of a product in a catalogue each technique.
each technique.
5 finding the price ofa product in a catalogue
6 looking through a magazine for an interesting article
6 lookingthrough a magazine for an interesting article

The home in the photo cost about one billion dollars

The home in the photo cost about one billion dollars
to build. What do you like or dislike about the design? 05
to build. What do you like or dislike about the design? You are only reading for the main ideas at
You are only reading for the main ideas at
this stage, so remember to ignore
Skim the text to understand the main ideas. this stage, so remember to ignore
unknown words.
Skim the text to understand the main ideas.
unknown words.

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Mukesh Ambani one of the men
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Ambani
� i residence designed to
entertain guests. It has a theatre which seats
richest clearly
in the world, and the first man to own a
is is

the world, and the first man to own a entertain guests. has a theatre which seats
private residence costing more than one 50, several guest bedrooms and a grand
in It

private residence costing more than one 50, several guest bedrooms and a grand
billion dollars to build. The home is on ballroom filled with chandeliers.
billion dollars to build. The home is on ballroom filled with chandeliers.
Altamout Road in Mumbai, one of the

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Altamout Road in Mumbai, one of the
most expensive addresses in the world.
most expensive addresses in the world. ��:1�:
Named after the mythical island Antilia, The living quarters are on the top floors,
because the family wanted as much
Named after the mythical island Antilia,
the property has 27 floors. because the family wanted as much
sunlight as possible. The

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the property has 27 floors.

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sunlight as possible. The
2
400,000 ft residence requires
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600 staff, but all three Ambani
600 staff, but all three Ambani
children are required to clean
interior of the very
each floor is made from
is

glamorous and each floor made from children are required to clean
different materials to give an individual their own rooms when they
is

their own rooms when they

are at home.
different materials to give an individual
look. Marble floors, rare wood and fine home.
look. Marble floors, rare wood and fine are at
rugs are just some of the design features .................................
rugs are just some of the design features
used to create this extravagant home. Several experts have criticised
used to create this extravagant home.
The lotus flower and the sun are common Several experts have criticised
the architecture of this very
The lotus flower and the sun are common
symbols used throughout. Many of the the architecture of this very
expensive home, comparing it
symbols used throughout. Many of the
rooms have floor-to-ceiling glass expensive home, comparing
to an 'unstable pile of
it

rooms have floor-to-ceiling glass

windows, offering spectacular views of to an 'unstable pile of
books'. Mrs Ambani,
windows, offering spectacular views of
Mumbai and the Arabian Sea. books'. Mrs Ambani,
however, describes
Mumbai and the Arabian

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however, describes
her home as 'an
her home as 'an
elevated house on
elevated house on
with space for 168 cars. Alternatively,
skyscraper has a multi-storey garage
top of a garden' and
top of a garden' and
with space for 168 cars. Alternatively,
there are also three helipads on the roof 'a modern home with
there are also three helipads on the roof 'a modern home with
of the building. The lobby has numerous an Indian heart'.
of the building. The lobby has numerous an Indian heart'.
reception areas and nine lifts. There are
reception areas and nine lifts. There are
also several floors for dining, vast
also several floors for dining, vast
libraries and a health spa, including a *helipad - a place where
libraries and a health spa, including a
gym, several swimming pools and yoga a single helicopter can take
gym, several swimming pools and yoga
facilities. There is even an 'ice-room' offand land
facilities. There is even an 'ice-room'
which creates man-made snow, a Hindu
which creates man-made snow, a Hindu
prayer room and several floors of
prayer room and several floors of
gardens.
gardens.

4.
06 Answer
Answer these
these questions.
questions.

11 When
When you
you were
were skim
skim reading the text,
reading the text, which
which of these types
of these types of
of word
word did
did you
you focus
focus
on: prepositions,
on: prepositions, articles,
articles, names,
names, verbs,
verbs, adjectives,
adjectives,numbers?
numbers?
22 Discuss
Discuss with
with a
a partner
partner what
what you
you remember
remember about the text.
about the text.
33 What
What overall
overall title
title would
would you
you give the text?
give the text?
Put the
4 Put
4 the information
information in the order
in the order in
in which
which it
it appears
appears in
in the
the passage.
passage.

aa where the family

where the family live
live O
bb opinions
opinions on the house
on the house O
cc the materials
the materials used
used for the interior
for the interior
O
d
d the cost
the cost and
and address
address of the house
of the house O
ee the facilities
the facilities in
in the
the house
house O
ff the owner
the owner of the house
of the house O
gg information
information about the theatre
about the theatre and
and ballroom
ballroom O
@II1.
07 Now
Now scan the text
scan the text for the information
for the information to
to answer
answer these questions.
these questions.
TIP 07
11 Who owns
Who the property?
owns the property? In
In many
many of the IELTS
of the EELTS
2
2 How
How many
many floors
floors does
does it
it have?
have? reading tasks, the
reading tasks, the
33 What are
What the floors
are the floors made
made out
out of?
of? answers
answers appear
appear in the
in the

same
same order
order as
as the
the text.
4
4 What are
What the common
are the common symbols
symbols used throughout the
used throughout the house?
house?
text.

55 How many
How many cars
cars does the garage
does the garage have
have space
space for?
for?

66 How
How many
many people
people are
are required
required to
to work
work in the home?
in the home?

I PARAPHRASING
PARAPHRASING I @
O 'Paraphrasing'
'Paraphrasing' is
important
is another

important technique
another
technique to to
08 These
These statements
statements paraphrase each of
paraphrase each of the
the paragraphs
paragraphs in
in the text.
the text. understand
understand andand use
use in the
in the

Match each
Match each statement,
statement, 1-6,
1-6, with
with the
the correct
correct paragraph,
paragraph, A-F.
A-F. exam.
exam. Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is is

when
when youyou repeat
repeat something
something
1 The
1 The house
house has
has many
many desirable
desirable facilities
facilities and
and outside
outside spaces.
spaces. Guests
Guests can
can using
using different
different words,
words, often
often
either
either drive
drive or
or fly to the
fly to the home.
home. D in
in a
a simpler
simpler and
and shorter
shorter

2 The
2 The family
family live
live on the top
on the top floor
floor because they want
because they want exposure to sunlight.
exposure to sunlight. D form that
form that makes
original
makes the
original meaning
the

meaning dearer.
3 Mrs
3 Mrs Am bani and
Ambani the architecture
and the architecture experts
experts have
have different
different opinions
opinions about
about
clearer.

the
the house.
house.
D
4 Antilia
4 Antilia is
is situated
situated inin Mumbai
Mumbai and
and owned
owned byby Mukesh Ambani.
Mukesh Ambani. D
5 The
5 The appearance
appearance inside the house
inside the house is
is very
very extravagant
extravagant and
and expensive
expensive
materials
materials have
have been
been used.
used. The
The house
house also
also has
has magnificent
magnificent views
views of the city.
of the city.
O
The home
6 The
6 home is is fully
fully equipped
equipped toto make visitors feel
make visitors feel welcome.
welcome. O
The key to
to paraphrasing
paraphrasing is
is understanding
understanding synonyms
synonyms and
and words
words or
or phrases
phrases with
lfil_g
O 9 The key
aa similar
similar meaning.
meaning. Match these words
Match these words and
and expressions.
expressions.
with

11 desirable
desirable facilities
facilities aa guests
guests
2
2 outside
outside spaces
spaces b Mumbai
b Mumbai
3
3 inside
inside cc expensive
expensive
4
4 extravagant
extravagant dd rare
rare wood
wood and
and fine
fine rugs
rugs
5
5 city
city e health
e health spa
spa and
and libraries
libraries

6
6 visitors
visitors ff gardens
gardens
7
7 equipped to make
equipped to make visitors
visitors feel
feel welcome
welcome gg interior
interior

8
8 expensive
expensive materials
materials hh designed to entertain
designed to entertain guests
guests
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those in
those
which require
require an
in exercise
exercise 7,
7, are
answer of
an answer
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are a
of just
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common feature
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words, like
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are
are known
known asas short-answer
short-answer questions
questions and they ask
and they ask about
about answer questions come
answer questions come in
in
factual details.
factual details.
the same
the order as
same order they
as they
appear
appear in the text.
in the text.

[!l2D Choose
Choose NO
NO MORE
MORE THAN
THAN THREE
THREE WORDS AND/OR A
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
NUMBER
from the
from the passage for each
passage for each answer.
answer.

1
1 How
How many
many lifts
lifts does
does the
the home
home have?
have? 1 orll
22 What can you find in the ice-room?
What can you find in the ice-room? Remember to check that
3
3 What do
What do the
the Am bani children
Ambani children have
have to
to do when at
do when at home?
home? your sentences
your sentences are
are
grammatically
grammatically correct
correct
when you
when you have
have chosen an
chosen an
answer.
answer.

COMPLETING SENTENCES ]
COMPLETING SENTENCES
Complete the
� Complete the sentences. Choose NO
NO MORE
MORE THAN THREE WORDS
THAN THREE AND/OR
WORDS AND/OR
@
sentences. Choose
O A similar
A type of
similar type of task,
task, which
which also
also
A NUMBER
A from the
NUMBER from the passage
passage for
for each
each answer.
answer. requires
requires an answer of
an answer of only
only aa few
few
1 The
1 The name Antilia comes
name Antilia comes from
from a·
a ________
words, is
words, the 'sentence
is the 'sentence
completion task'.
completion task'. The
The sentences
sentences
22 There
There are
are many
many facilities
facilities to
to accommodate
accommodate aa large
large paraphrase words and
paraphrase words and ideas from
ideas from
number
number of�------
of - the text.
the text.
33 Opinions
Opinions on
on the
the of the house
of the vary.
house vary.

I GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR FOCUS:
FOCUS: PRESENT
PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT
SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS I
A
A 'mindmap'
'mindmap' is is a type of
a type of diagram
diagram with
with lines
lines and
and circles for organising
circles for organising information so
information so
that it
that it is
is easier to remember.
easier to Put these
remember. Put these words
words and
and phrases with the
phrases with the appropriate tense
appropriate tense
in the mindmap
in the mindmap.•

temporar:Y
temporary repeated
repeated actions
actions general facts
general facts opinions
opinions
an
an action which is
action which is not
not complete happening
happening at the time of
at the time of speaking

•
complete speaking
. -- �

Present continuous

temporary
/ �

Using the rules

Using the rules in the mindmap,
in the mindmap, correct these sentences
correct these sentences where
where necessary.
necessary.

11 Mukesh Ambani is
Mukesh Ambani is living
living in
in Mumbai.
Mumbai.
2 Mrs
2 Ambani is
Mrs Ambani is believing that her
believing that her home
home has
has an
an Indian
Indian heart.
heart.

3 The
3 The family
family live
live on
on the
the top floor because
top floor because they want as
they want as much
much exposure
exposure to sunlight
to sunlight
as possible.
as possible.
4 When
4 When the
the children
children areare at
at home,
home, they
they are
are cleaning
cleaning their
their own
own rooms.
rooms.
55 Mrs Ambani entertains
Mrs Ambani entertains her her guests
guests in the ballroom
in the ballroom atat the
the moment.
moment.

UNIT 01
UNIT 01 / READING
READING
 Complete the
Complete the sentences
sentences using
using the
the word
word in
in brackets
brackets and the correct
and the correct form
form of the
of the
present
present continuous
continuous or
or the
the present
present simple.
simple.

Currently, my
11 Currently, my mum
mum _ _ _ ___ (work) (work) in
in the
the study.
study.
2 I
21 (rent) in
(rent) the city
in the city centre
centre for
for now.
now.
3 I
31 (think) that
(think) that buying
buying aa new
new house
house now
now would
would be
be a very
a very
good
good idea.
idea.

What is
4 What
4 is that
that going
going to
to be?
be? They
They _ _ _ ___ (build)
(build) a
a new
new accommodation
accommodation
block
block for
for students.
students.
Every day
55 Every day his
his mum
mum __________ (clean)
(clean) the
the house.
house.

EXAM
EXAM SKILLS]
SKILLS

Using the approach

Using the approach below,
below, read
read the text and
the text and answer
answer the
the questions
questions
15 TIP 15
which follow.
which follow.
Time
Time yourself: try to
yourself: try to do
do this
this
Locating
Locating the
the answer:
answer: one
one approach
approach task as
task as quickly
quickly as possible to
as possible to
• Read
• Read the
the questions
questions first,
first, so
so they
they are
are in your mind
in your mind when
when you
you read the text.
read the text. practise locating
practise locating information
information

• Make
• Make sure you have
sure you have understood
understood the the question
question correctly-
correctly - underlinin
underlining g key
key words
words quickly for
quickly the exam.
for the exam.

could
could help.
help.
• Skim
• Skim read
read the
the text
text for
for the
the main
main ideas. This will
ideas. This will help you to
help you to have
have a
a rough
rough idea
idea of
of
where
where toto locate your answers
locate your answers onon aa second
second read-through.
read-through.

Choose
Choose NO
NO MORE
MORE THAN THREE WORDS
THAN THREE AND/OR A
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
NUMBER from
from the
the passage
passage for
for
each
each answer.
answer.

11 What job
What job did
did William Hearst do?
William Hearst do?
22 Who helped
Who helped Hearst
Hearst design the Castle?
design the Castle?
33 How much
How much did
did Hearst
Hearst spend
spend on
on art
art during
during his
his lifetime?
lifetime?

4
4 How many
How times was
many times the Neptune
was the Neptune pool
pool rebuilt
rebuilt before
before Hearst
Hearst was
was happy with it?
happy with it?

55 What
What were visitors to
were visitors to the Castle required
the Castle required to
to do
do every
every evening?
evening?
66 Who
Who owns
owns the
the mansion
mansion now?
now?

Complete
Complete the
the sentences.
sentences. Write
Write NO
NO MORE
MORE THAN
THAN TWO
TWO WORDS AND/OR A
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
NUMBER from
from
the passage for each answer.
the passage for each answer.

77 As aa child,
As child, Hearst
Hearst enjoyed
enjoyed his
his holidays
holidays to
to ____ __
88 Hearst inherited
Hearst inherited the
the land
land from
from his
his ______ _

99 Builders spent
Builders spent_ _____ creating creating the
the magnificent
magnificent Neptune Pool.
Neptune Pool.
10
10 Hearst took
Hearst took animals
animals from
from _______ for for his
his private
private zoo.
zoo.
11
11 Although the
Although the zoo
zoo is
is now
now closed,
closed, still
still walk
walk about the hillside.
about the hillside.

12
12 The
The family
family donated
donated the
the property
property because
because of
of _____ __

--9
HEARST CASTLE HOME ABOUT PHOTOS BOOKING

I
B Hearst loved
Hearst loved travelling
travelling to
to Europe
Europe when
when he he was
was aa child
child and
and we
we
can
can see
see this
this in
in the
the overall
overall design
design ofof the
the house.
house. HeHe even
even included
included
cathedral
cathedral ceilings
ceilings and
and Roman
Roman columns
columns in in his
his home. Hearst was
home. Hearst was
also
also a
a keen
keen art
art collector
collector and,
and, during
during his
his lifetime,
lifetime, spent
spent
$3.5
$3.5 million
million on
on his
his collection, which is
collection, which is displayed
displayed in in the
the rooms
rooms
at Hearst Castle.
at Hearst Castle. Today,
Today, his
his collection
collection is worth much
is worth much more,
more, with
with
one
one piece
piece alone valued at
alone valued $10 million.
at $10 million.

C One
C One of
of the
the highlights
highlights of the estate
of the estate is the Neptune
is the Neptune Pool.
Pool. It took
took It

15
15 years
years to
to build
build and
and includes
includes the
the front
front of
of an
an ancient
ancient Roman
Roman
temple. It is
temple. It is on
on top
top of
of a
a hill
hill and
and has
has wonderful views of
wonderful views of the
the
mountains,
mountains, ocean
ocean and
and main
main house.
house. The
The pool
pool was
was rebuilt
rebuilt three
three
times
times until
until he was satisfied.
he was satisfied.

D Although
D Although the
the inside
inside of
of the
the house
house is very European,
is very the outside
European, the outside
is
is very
very Californian,
Californian, with
with palm
palm trees
trees and
and water.
water. Hearst
Hearst loved
loved
trees
trees and 70,000 were
and 70,000 were planted
planted onon the
the property
property during
during his
his
lifetime.
lifetime. The
The castle
castle was
was also
also home
home to
to the
the world's
world's largest
largest private
private
zoo,
zoo, holding
holding animals
animals from
from every
every continent. Although the
continent. Although the zoo
zoo is
is

now
now closed, zebras can
closed, zebras can still
still be
be seen
seen on the hillside.
on the hillside.

E
E As well
As well as
as the Casa Grande
the Casa (the main
Grande (the main house), there are
house), there are also
also
three
three guest
guest houses
houses on
on the property: Caso
the property: Del Monte,
Casa Del Monte, Caso Del
Casa Del
Sol and
Sol Caso Del
and Casa Mor. Hearst
Del Mar. Hearst entertained
entertained a
a great
great number
number ofof
Hollywood stars
Hollywood stars and
and political
political leaders
leaders at
at the
the castle
castle and
and many
many
used
used his
his private
private airfield.
airfield. Guests
Guests had
had to
to attend
attend formal
formal dinners
dinners
every
every evening,
evening, but were free
but were to do
free to what they
do what they liked
liked during
during the
the
day.
day. They were invited to stay as long as they wanted, but
They were invited to stay as long as they wanted, but the
the
A
A William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was
wasaa successful
successful American
American longer
longer they
they stayed,
stayed, the
the further
further away
away they
they sat
sat from Hearst at
from Hearst at the
the
2
newspaper
newspaper publisher
publisher whowho received
received over
over 1,000
1,000 km km2 dinner
dinner table.
table.
of
of land
land when
when his
his mother
mother died
died in
in 1919. Initially, he
1919. Initially, he
had
had planned
planned toto build just aa small
build just small bungalow,
bungalow, so so hehe f When Hearst
F When Hearst died
died in in 1951,
1951, his
his family
family learnt
learnt how
how expensive
expensive
hired
hired Julia
Julia Morgan,
Morgan, thethe first
first female
female architect
architect inin maintenance
maintenance would
would be, be, and the mansion
and the mansion was
was donated
donated toto the
the
California. Together,
California. Together, however,
however, they
they designed
designed a a State
State of
of California.
California. Since
Since then,
then, it
it has
has been
been open
open for
for public
public tours
tours
magnificent
magnificent castle which cost
castle which cost 10
10 million
million dollars
dollars andand and the site
and the site attracts
attracts millions
millions of
of tourists
tourists every year. However,
every year. However, the
the
took
took 28
28 years
years toto build.
build. The
The property,
property, named
named Hearst family
Hearst family is
is still
still allowed
allowed toto use
use it when they
it when wish. The
they wish. The castle
castle
La Cuesta Encantado
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(The Enchanted Mountain), was
was never
never completed
completed
has
has 56
56 bedrooms,
bedrooms, 61 61 bathrooms,
bathrooms, 19 19 sitting
sitting rooms
rooms and
and remains
remains
and
and about
about 52,000
52,000 m
2
m2 ofof garden.
garden. unfinished.
unfinished.

DING
 WRITIN .5

IN THIS
IN THIS UNIT
UNIT YOU
YOU WILL
WILL
LEARN HOW
LEARN HOW TO
TO
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key features
featuresof of different
different types
types of
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graph, chart
chart
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table in
in order
orderto to describe
describe them
them accurately
accurately
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and
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use suitable
suitable verbs,
verbs, adjectives
adjectives and
and adverbs
adverbs
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to describe trends
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different ways
ways
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different graphs
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features.

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I SELECTING KEY FEATURES
SELECTING KEY FEATURES I
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make notes
notes about their main
about their features --
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use questions 1-12 to help you.
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one another?
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Hong Kong London New
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rates in
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countries Cities
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120
120

100
100
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7 What does
does the
the title
title say
say the
the graph
graph is
is about?
about?
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80
88 What
What does
does the vertical axis
axis describe?
80
the vertical describe?
a, 60
60 99 What
What does
does the
the horizontal
horizontal axis
axis describe?
describe?

4400 10 What
10 What do
do the
the highest/lowest
highest/lowest points
points of
of the
the line
line show?
show?
11 What
11 What is
is the
the general
general trend
trend of the line?
of the line?
20 12 Are
12 Are there
there any
any sharp
sharp decreases
decreases or
or increases?
20
increases?

0
Romania
Romania Italy
Italy UK France Germany
France Germany Switzerland
Switzerland
Countries
Countries

Average house
Average house size
size in selected countries
in selected countries

•
•
Canada
Canada
95
45 m 181 rn2 USA
USA
13 What
What does
does the
the title
title say
say the
the graph
graph is
is about?

•
13 about? Australia
Australia
14 What
What do
do the
the segments
segments represent?

•
14 represent?
Hong Kong
15 Which
15 Which is
is the
the largest/smallest
largest/smallest segment?
segment?
Hong Kong

16 Are
16 Are some
some segments
segments similar
similar in
in size?
size? 214 rn2 Japan
Japan
201 m:

Average house
Average house size
size in
in selected
selected European
European countries
countries

Country
Country Size
Size

United
United Kingdom
Kingdom 76m
76 m22
17
17 What does
What does the
the title
title say
say about
about the
the table?
table?
France
France 112 m
112 m22
18
18 How many
How many columns
columns are there? What
are there? What do they represent?
do they represent?
Denmark 137m 19 Which country has the biggest average house size?
19 Which country has the biggest average house
Denmark 137 2
rn2 size?

Germany 109m
109 2 20 Which
20 Which country
country has the smallest
has the smallest average
average house
house size?
size?
Germany rn2
21 Which countries have a similar average house size?
21 Which countries have a similar average house size?
Italy
Italy 61m
61 2
rn2

Spain
Spain 97m
97 m22

Greece
G reece 126m
126 m22

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15
 I USING ACCURATE
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information about
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the average
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country with
with the
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European
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United Kingdom
Kingdom and Italy have
and Italy have the
the smallest
smallest
houses
houses and and Denmark
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Greece have
have the
the largest.
largest. The
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average house
house
size
size in in Denmark
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137 m 2
m2.•
mi.

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easily apparent
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that
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of each
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I USEFUL ADVERBS
USEFUL ADVERBS AND
AND ADJECTIVES
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to
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UNIT01
UNIT 01 WRITING
WRITING
 Completethe
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exercise88and
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in the brackets. More than one answer may be possible.

1 Over the last year,Hong

1 Over the last year,
HongKong
Konghas
hasexperienced
experiencedaa _______(big) (big)rise
rise-in house prices.
in house prices.

22 There
Therehas
hasbeen
beenaa _______(gradual) (gradual)increase
increaseininthe
thenumber
numberofofyoung
youngpeople
people
buying houses.
buying houses.
33 The
Therental
rentalmarket
markethashasseen
seenaa _______(small) (small)decrease
decreaseover
overthe
thelast
lastsix
sixmonths.
months.
4 The graph illustrates that the rental market
4 The graph illustrates that the rental market is is (no change) at the moment.
(no change) at the moment.

I USEFULADVERBS
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1 Last year house prices rose significantly.
2 Last year house prices rose slightly.
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decreased _______(big)
(big)over
overthe
thelast
lastfive
fiveyears.
years.
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(small) over the last six months.

33 The
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propertymarket
marketisisgrowing
growing (gradual)ininthis
(gradual) thisarea.
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4 Interest rates have increased (quick) recently.
(quick) recently.

18 UNIT 01 / WRITING
 PART 1:
PART 1: DESCRIBING
DESCRIBING TRENDS
TRENDS ]
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the language
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you have
have learnt
learnt in
inthis
this lesson.
lesson.

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in _______ have have fluctuated
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by just over 40% and then ______ _
to-40%.
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just over
over 10%.
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exercise 14
14 using
usingthe
thewords
wordsand
and phrases
phrasesin
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the box.
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UNIT01
UNIT 01/ WRITING
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UNIT 01 WRITING
 UNIT/OI: THE MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT

LISTENING
FOR
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
LEARN HOW TO

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• predict the type of information required for
short-answer questions

•
listen for specific information (e.g.
difficult spellings)

listen to
and write
understand context

answer multiple-choice questions

it
complex numbers,
down correctly
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correctly by eliminating
distractors.

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informationsheet.
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UNIT 01 LISTENING
� Listen to
to the
the final
final conversation
conversation between
between the
the estate
estate agent
agent and
and client
client and
and answer
answer
06 Listen
these questions.
questions.
these

06
06 11 What information
What information does
does the
the estate
estate agent
agent need?
need?
2
2 How will
How will the
the client
client get
get the
the money
money to to pay
pay for
for the
the house?
house?
33 How
How long
long does
does the
the estate
estate agent
agent think
think it will
will take
take to
it to sell
sell the
the house?
house?
44 The
The most
most important
important thing
thing for
for the
the client
client is
is
A to
A to stay
stay aa little
little longer
longer where
where she
she isis living
living now.
now.
B to
B to help her husband
help her husband travel
travel to
to work
work more
more easily.
easily.
C to
C to move
move in
in before
before the
the end
end of
of the
the school
school holiday.
holiday.

DEALING WITH
DEALING WITH DISTRACTORS
DISTRACTORS

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this example
example and
and listen
listen to
to part
part of
of the
the recording
recording again.
again.
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questions in
in
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bathroom will
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test, there
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one
07
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correct answer and
and two
two wrong
wrong
answers. The
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are
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big bath.
bath.
answers.
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called 'distractors'.
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are
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it in the
the mornings.
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designed to seem
seem correct.
correct. For
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example, they
they use
use the
the same
same words
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correct. AA isis true,
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not the
the reason
reason why
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for the
the
example,
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as the recording,
recording, but
but with
with aa
woman and
woman and her
her family.
family. BBis not true,
is not true, because
because the
the other
other bathroom
bathroom has
has aa bath.
bath. different meaning. You have to
different meaning. You have to
C isis correct
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because the
the speaker
speaker says
says that
that it will
will be
be useful
it useful when
when they
they all
all get
get up
up to
to get
get make sure
make sure that
that the
the correct
correct answer
answer
ready for school or work - and that happens in the morning.
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has the same
same meaning
meaning asas the
the
recording.
recording.

EXAM
EXAM SKILLS ]
SKILLS
Listen to
� Listen to the
the final
final conversation
conversation again again and
and choose
choose the
the correct
correct letter,
letter, A,
A, BB or
or C.
C.
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11 At
At the
the moment,
moment, Caroline
Caroline lives
lives inin Remember that you
06
06
AA Prendergast
Prendergast Road.Road. need to
need to focus
focus on
on the
the
B Lanchester
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meaning of
of the
the
distractors.
C Riverside
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Road. distractors.

22 Caroline
Caroline wants
wants toto make
make aa first
first offer
offer of
of
AA 200,000.
£300,000.
BB 250,000.
£350,000.
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£340,000. TIP
3 Caroline
3 Caroline and and her
her family
family To arrive
To arrive at
at the
the correct
correct answer,
answer,
A have
A have sold
sold their
their house.
house. listen for
listen for synonyms
synonyms and and similar
similar
BB are
are selling
selling their
their house
house now.
now. expressions,
expressions, or
or for
for the
the same
same
ideas expressed
expressed in in aa different
different
CC will
will sell
sell their
their house
house inin two
two months'
months' time.
time. ideas
way to
way to the
the recording.
recording.
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4 may take
Ittake longer
longer toto sell
sell the
the house
house if if

A the bank does not check

A the bank does not check the house the house quickly.
quickly.
BB there
there are
are plans
plans to
to do
do some
some building
building near
near the
the house.
house.
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her husband
husband has has problems
problems at at work.
work.
55 Ifthe
If the sellers
sellers dodo not
not accept
accept her her first
first offer,
offer, Caroline
Caroline will
will need
need to
to
AA increase
increase herher offer.
offer.
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B come to to an
an agreement
agreement in in aa week.
week.
C contact
C contact herher bank
bank and
and ask
ask for
for more
more money.
money.

UNIT 01/ LISTENING

 UNIT 101: THE MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT

SPEAKING
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
LEARN HOW TO
• speak about various aspects of where you live for
Speaking Part 1

• respond to wh-, would and Yes/No questions

about where you live
• prepare more information for
common Speaking Part 1 topics
• use syllable stress in
words correctly.

LEAD-IN

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In Part11of
ofthe
theSpeaking
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test,you
youmay
maybe
beasked
askedabout
aboutyour
yourhome
hometown.
town.Organise
Organisethe
the
wordsinto
words intothings
thingsyou
youlike
likeininyour
yourhome
hometown,
town,things
thingsyou
youdon't
don'tlike
likeand
andthings
thingsyou
you
wouldlike
would liketo
tohave,
have,ififthey
theyare
arenot
notalready
alreadyininyour
yourhome
hometown.
town.

architecture
architecture monuments
monuments mountains
mountains museums
museums
parks
parks
restaurants
restaurants rivers/lakes
rivers/lakes
shoppingmalls
shopping malls
weather
weather theatres
theatres thesea
the sea sportscentres
sports centres

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Things I
like Things I don't
Things I
don'tlike
like Things I wish
Things wish I had
I I
hadin myhome
inmy hometown
town

UNIT 01/ SPEAKING

� Listen to an
Listen to an extract from Speaking
extract from Speaking Part 1 and
Part 1 and answer
answer
these questions. Discuss your answers
answers with
with a
a partner.
�f:e
these questions. Discuss your partner.

08
08

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The Why? question
The Why? question usually
usually
comes last,
comes last, and
and might be
might be
more difficult to
more difficult to answer.
answer.
Try to
Try to explain clearly, but
explain clearly, but
don't
don't go
go into
into too
too much
much detail
detail

at
at this
this stage.
stage.

11 How
How many questions did
many questions did the
the examiner
examiner ask?
ask?
22 What
What kind
kind of
of questions
questions did
did the
the examiner
examiner ask? What were
ask? What were the
the question words?
question words?
33 What two topics did the examiner cover?
What two topics did the examiner cover?
44 Approximately
Approximately how
how long
long did
did the
the student
student speak
speak for
for each question? How
each question? How many
many
sentences
sentences did
did they
they use?
use?

RESPONDING
RESP NDINGTTO WH-
WH- QUESTIONS
UEST' NS

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� Listen again to
to the
the recording from exercise
recording from exercise 2. Note down
2. Note down useful
useful language
language
the student
the student uses.
uses. O Most Speaking Part
Most Speaking Part 11 questions
questions
��=i are questions. These
Wh- questions.
are Wh- These include
include
08
08 What?, Who?,
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Why?
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a partner,
partner, ask
ask and
and answer
answer these
these questions.
questions.

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Your home town
town
11 Where
Where do
do you
you come
come from?
from?
22 What
What is
is the
the weather
weather like
like in your home
in your home town?
town?
3 When
3 When is
is the best time
the best time of year to
of year to visit
visit your
your home
home town?
town?
44 Why
Why do you like/not like your home
do you like/not like your home town?town?
Your
Your accommodation
accommodation
11 Where
Where are
are you
you living
living now?
now?
2 Who
2 Who else
else do you live
do you with?
live with?

3 What
3 What is your favourite
is your favourite room
room in your home?
in your home?
44 Why do you like/not like the place where you live?
Why do you like/not like the place where you live?

Some questions
� Some questions ask
ask you
you to think about
to think about something you might
something you might do,
do, using
using 'would'.
'would'.
Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
Ask and answer these questions with a partner.

11 Would you
Would you recommend
recommend your
your house/apartment
house/apartment to
to another
another person?
person?
2
2 Would you
Would you move
move house
house if you had
if you had the
the chance?
chance?
3
3 Would you
Would you like
like to
to buy
buy a
a house
house in your home
in your home town
town one
one day?
day?
44 Would you
you like
like to
to live by yourself
yourself or
or with family/friends?

m
Would live by with family/friends?

UNIT
UNIT 01
01 / SPEAKING
SPEAKING
 These words
� These words are
are useful
useful when
when talking
talking about
about your
your home
home town.
town.
Write four sentences about each, using prompts 1-4.
Write four sentences about each, using prompts 1-4. @
O There are
There are aa number
topics you
topics
number of
you might
might be
of possible
possible
be asked
asked about
about
in Speaking
Speaking Part
Part 1,
1, such
such as
as the
the
culture historical monument museums nightlife
in
culture historical monument museums nightlife news, entertainment
news, entertainment or
or sport.
sport. To
To
parks
parks restaurants
restaurants shopping
shopping weather
weather prepare for
prepare for this,
this, you
you need
need to
to know
know
some basic
some basic information
information about
about
each topic.
each topic.
1 People
1 People in
in my
my home town usually/don't
home town usually/don't often
often --g-goo-'-out
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u t-'-ata-'-t night _ because
because

2
2 My favourite
My favourite thing
thing about
about my
my home town isis __the
home town th
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_ culture because

3
3 A famous
A famous hl
historical place in
�toric alplace in my
my home
home town is _______
town is
4 I like
4 like // don't
1
don't like
like the
theweather
wea ther inin my
my home town because
hometown because _______

@
O Other types
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ask for
ask
of question
question
for aa Yes/No
Yes/No response.
response.
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1-6 with
with answers
answers a-f.
a-f.
These questions
These questions usually
usually
start with Do(es) or ls/Are.
start with Do(es) or Is/Are.

11 Do you
Do you live
live near
near the
the sea?
sea?
2
2 Is there
Is there anything
anything you
you don't
don't like
like about
about where
where you
you live?
live? TIP
3 Is your
your house
house in in the
the city
city or
or the
the countryside?
countryside? It is
It
is not
not enough
enough to
to just
just say
say Yes/No.
Yes/No.
3 Is
Try to
to add
add at
at least
least two
two sentences
sentences
4 Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Try
4 Do you live in a house or an apartment?
with extra
with extra information,
information, explaining
explaining
55 Is there
Is there anything
anything special
special you
you can
can do
do in
in your
your home town?
home town? your answer.
your answer.
66 Are there any interesting places to visit in your home
Are there any interesting places to visit in your home town? town?
aa We live
We live in
in the
the suburbs,
suburbs, justjust outside
outside the
the city,
city, about
about 20
20 minutes'
minutes' drive
drive by
by car.
car.
b Yes, we live on the coast, and we can see the beach
b Yes, we live on the coast, and we can see the beach from our window - from our window -
it's pretty
it's pretty nice.
nice.
cc Not
Not really,
really, I think
I
think mymy home
home towntown is
is aa little
little boring.
boring. We
We mostly
mostly take
take aa train
train to
to Shanghai
Shanghai
when we want to do
when we want to do something.something.
dd Yes,
Yes, the
the weather
weather there
there is is pretty
pretty terrible.
terrible. We We only
only get
get about
about six
six weeks
weeks of of summer,
summer,
and it's
and it's very
very cold
cold most
most of of the
the time.
time.
ee Yes,
Yes, there
there are
are many
many monuments
monuments and and museums
museums to to see
see -- we
we have
have aa lot
lot of
of culture
culture
and history.
and history.

ff We
We currently
currently live
live in
in aa small
small apartment
apartment on on the
the 33rd
33rd floor.
floor. My
My last
last house
house waswas
much bigger
much bigger ...
...

Ask and
� Ask and answer
answer these
these questions
questions about
about your
your home
home town/accommodation.
town/accommodation.
Your home
Your home town
town
1 Do
1 Do youyou live
live in
in the
the city
city or
or the
the countryside?
countryside?
2 Do you live near the
2 Do you live near the sea? sea?
3 IsIs there
3 there anything
anything special
special that
that people
people do
do in
in your
your home
home town?
town?
4 Are there any interesting places to visit in your home
4 Are there any interesting places to visit in your home town? town?
Your accommodation
Your accommodation
Do you
5 Do
5 you live
live in
in aa house
house oran
or an apartment?
apartment?
6
6 Is your
Is your house
house in
in the
the city
city or
or the
the countryside?
countryside?
77 Do
Do other
other people
people live
live with
with you?
you?
88 IsIs there
there anything
anything you
you don't
don't like
like about
about where
where you
you live?
live?

UNIT / SPEAKING
 THINKING OF NEW IDEAS

Try to
� Try to write
write FOUR
FOUR questions
questions (either
(either Wh-? or Yes/No
Wh-? or questions) for
Yes/No questions) for each
each topic
topic
You may
may be
be asked
asked about
about
in the mind map. Ask and answer questions with a partner.
in the mindmap. Ask and answer questions with a partner. O You
aa topic
topic you
you know
know well,
well,
Weather
Weather but the
but the exact
exact question
question
Shopping
Shopping could be
could be unfamiliar.
unfamiliar. ItIt
Do you
Do you like
lik.e the
the weather
weather inin pur
your home
home town?
town? can be
can be useful
useful to
to make
make
\Nhen was
when was the
the Ict
last tin-z
time ttit was
was realty
really cold
cold ininyour
your hometown?
home town? your own
your own questions
questions for
for
aa topic
topic to
to explore
explore new
new
Does Itit ever
Does e»er snow
snow InIn your home
hometown?
town? ideas you
you have
have not
not
ideas
\Nhen IsIs the
When the best
best time
time ofyear
ofyear to
to visit
visit your
your home
home town?
town? thought about
thought about before.
before.

Culture
Culture Monuments
Monuments Restaurants
Restaurants

Nightlife
Nightlife Museums
Museums Parks
Parks

Add TWO
� Add TWO more
more topics
topics to
to the
the mindmap.
mindmap.

SYLLABLE
YLLABLE STRESS
TRES

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Listen the sentences.
sentences. Underline
Underline the
the stressed
stressed syllable in the
the words.
words.
syllable in

Right now,
Right now, I am
I
am living
living in
in an
an apartment
apartment with
with my my friends.
friends.
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� Answer
Answer these
these questions
questions about
about accommodation
accommodation and
and your
your home
home town.
town.
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with THREE
THREE SENTENCES
SENTENCES ONLY
ONLY for
for each
each question.
question.
11 Where do
Where do you
you come
come from?
from?
22 Are there
Are there any
any special
special places
places that
that tourists
tourists visit
visit in
in your
your home
home town?
town?
33 When is
When is the
the best
best time
time of
of year
year to
to visit
visit your
your home
home town?
town?
44 Why do
Why do you
you like
like/ don't you
/ don't you like
like your
your home
home town?
town?
55 Where are
Where are you
you living
living now
now -- in
in aa house
house or
or an
an apartment?
apartment?
66 Does anyone
Does anyone else
else live
live with
with you?
you?
77 What is
What is your
your favourite
favourite room
room where
where you
you live?
live?
88 Would you
Would you recommend
recommend your
your accommodation
acco'mmodation to
to another
another person?
person?
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